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Deadliest submarine disaster in US remembered

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 6th

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - Family and friends who lost loved ones when the USS Thresher sank 50 years ago joined in tossing wreaths into the water Saturday in an emotional service in remembrance of the 129 Navy crew members and civilian technicians who lost their lives in the deadliest submarine

Made in Korea: Rare look at jointly run factories

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 6th

By JEAN H. LEEAssociated Press There is a North Korean factory with no portraits of the country's late leaders on the walls, no North Korean flags, no hand-painted posters screaming party slogans. Everything from the tissues to the toilets comes from South Korea. Bent over bolts of wool and

Kerry heads back to Mideast for fresh peace push

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 6th

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State John Kerry headed to the Middle East on Saturday, his third trip to the region in two weeks, in a fresh bid to unlock long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Istanbul was the first leg of a six-nation trip that will see

Kerry heads back to Mideast for fresh peace push

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 6th

Could NKorea hit its neighbors with nukes?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 6th

By MATTHEW PENNINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - North Korea is probably years away from perfecting the technology to back up its bold threats of a pre-emptive strike on America. But some nuclear experts say it might have the know-how to fire a nuclear-tipped missile at South Korea and Japan

Could NKorea hit its neighbors with nukes?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 6th

Could NKorea hit its neighbors with nukes?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 6th

Dempsey says NKorean provocations fit long pattern

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 5th

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer STUTTGART, Germany (AP) - North Korea's bellicose rhetoric and threats, while worrisome, appear to fit a decadeslong pattern of provocation followed by uneasy peace, the top U.S. military officer said Friday. "I wouldn't say I see anything to lead

Pyongyang rumblings have little effect on SKoreans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 5th

By YOUKYUNG LEE and SAM KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Outsiders might hear the opening notes of a war in the deluge of threats and provocations from North Korea, but to South Koreans it is a familiar drumbeat. Separated from the North by a heavily fortified border for decades, they

After BOJ coup, Abe faces more economy challenges

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 5th

By ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is about to find out that bending central bankers to his will was the easy part of jolting Japan's economy out of its two decade slump. Since taking office late last year, Abe has sauntered from strength to strength,